So charming, you want me to raise Pokémon?

Chapter 345 Wei Xin: There's a mole inside, stop laying eggs!

Upon learning the truth about the world, Chi Ri's pupils trembled violently. He lost control of his emotions and became mentally disoriented. Everything before his eyes was real—the death was real, the disaster was real, and everything he had experienced was real. Chi Ri's expression froze as he stared blankly into the desolate world before him, and into Feng Lingling's body, where the girl had become a living battery. A sliver of reason, awakened, cleared away his chaotic thoughts and grasped the answer that had been hidden from him.

Akari clenched his fist and slammed it down, striking the hooded thug's right palm. A sharp pain shot through his palm, and Cynthia shook her hand, using her left hand to prevent Akari from falling off his right.

"How could I possibly remain unmoved, you bastard!!!" Chi Ri roared, tears welling in his eyes, kneeling in the turban-wearing thug's palm.

Inwardly, I cursed: Wei Xin, you bastard! You dragged me here just to make me feel your soul. You won, you won completely, you won big! Are you satisfied now? I admit I was just a hypocrite. I know that something without a soul is not what I want.

Gazing into the distance, a colossal creature drifted in the sky, wantonly ravaging the land beneath it. In the ravaged world, countless souls slowly dissipated. He could feel the soul of Mars being relentlessly squeezed by the wind chimes, painful groans echoing in his ears, the scorching sun pleading towards the heavens.

"So stop, please stop! Stop this disaster! I'm begging you, don't let this world of the soul disappear!!!"

But the scene before him did not stop. No divine intervention or mechanical intervention occurred; all that remained was the ever-spreading devastation in his vision.

Chi Ri choked up, his voice weakening.

"Who will save all of this?"

"Is that even a question?" Cynthia said, pointing to the massive triangular building in the distance in the city center—the entrance to the underground base. "Have you forgotten that you're also an excellent Mega Pilot?"

Chi Ri's expression froze. He quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, squeezed his eyes shut, and resolutely stood up, supporting himself on his knees. He felt a surge of heat coursing through his body. As a science student, Chi Ri guessed that it was probably the effect of adrenaline and thyroid hormones, but this was not a material world. He preferred to believe that it was the effect of his mind. He wanted to save everything from the bottom of his heart.

He jumped off the turbaned thug's palm, landing on the hard, thick ground, and sprinted forward with all his might.

Even as the wind chimes unleashed their attacks, the shockwaves shattered the metal buildings in the city center, and the aftershocks struck Chi Ri, knocking him to the ground.

His body rolled on the mud and bricks, and the intense and real pain coming from his limbs told him the truth: the world was fake, but his heart was real, and the emotions he felt here were real.

His wish was true.

"You actually cured Crimson Sun's illness? You're really something, Doctor." Watching Crimson Sun's figure gradually disappear from sight, Cynthia reached into her pocket, pulled out the Master Ball containing Arceus's remains, held it in her hand, gazed at it, and smiled. "Now that Doctor's plan has succeeded, it's my turn, the mythologist, to use your script to create a true myth."

The sound of wind chimes lifted the surface, revealing the underground base beneath the metal passage.

The sounds of keyboards, alarms, and reports mingled together in the control room, rising and falling in waves.

"The last layer of armor plating has shattered, exposing the base's passageways. Wind Chimes has begun its invasion of the base."

"Is the gem starfish still unable to be deployed?" Dr. Blatano asked anxiously.

Inside the cabin, the starfish writhed, repeatedly spitting out the cockpit, resisting Pluto's attempts to force its way into its body. Pluto slammed its fist on the screen, its face flushed with anger, and demanded, "Why, why are you refusing me, Rotom?"

"Because you have no heart, you cannot form a bond with Rotom and the Gem Starfish!" Akari stood in front of the metal walkway of the cabin, bent over and holding his knees, panting as he shouted.

Pluto frowned and retorted to Crimson Sun, "The heart, isn't that what you hate most? Haven't you always longed to create a world without hearts?"

"I was wrong!" Chi Ri raised his head and faced Pluto. Then the person in front of him changed. The one standing in front of him and confronting him was no longer the short and wretched Mediterranean Pluto, but the one who used to be ferocious, standing at the highest point, yet indifferent to everything in the world. Chi Ri roared and rebuked himself.

"I've just been running away, running away from the pain of the past, the departure of my parents, the disappearance of Rotom, the betrayal and malice of those around me. But what I'm really running away from is that cowardly, despicable, and selfish self. Because I'm afraid of getting hurt, I reject everything around me."

"But now I understand that the value of the world lies in the heart, in the relationships between people, and in the bonds formed through the contact of hearts. Although hearts and people have beauty and ugliness, good and evil, and their collisions may cause scars and pain, I have learned to be strong."

"I've learned to accept and process it all. Even if the world is cruel, it's still worth loving deeply," he said, pressing his hand to his chest, speaking from the bottom of his heart. "Most importantly, for the sake of even the slightest possibility of something beautiful arising in this world, I will never give up. So—"

Before Chi Ri could finish speaking, the crystal on the chest of the gem starfish began to glow, illuminating the dim cabin. Chi Ri heard a familiar voice in his ear, a voice he would never forget, even after so many years.

It's Rotom.

It said, "So, let's fight side by side, my dear friend."

The equipment and walls within the base were utterly destroyed by Wind Chime with overwhelming force. The enormous body turned from the shattered metal and bricks, looking at the people in the command room. It swayed and floated over gently. Dr. Blatano and the others stared at Wind Chime and the shimmering destructive beams gathering in front of it, turning their heads in terror and closing their eyes in despair, awaiting the arrival of destruction.

The next second, a ferocious roar smashed through the wall.

"Damn it, stay away from them!"

A jet of azure water burst through the wall, rushing towards Wind Chime's body, interrupting the destructive beam and slamming Wind Chime into the wall.

Dr. Blatano stared wide-eyed at the purple giant that appeared before him in disbelief: "Jewel Starfish? Red Sun, is that you?"

"It's me. I will protect you. That's the responsibility I must shoulder now that I have the power."

Chi Ri said firmly, then turned his head. The water jet that had been spraying from the top of the gem starfish expanded once more, and the surging water jet pressed the wind chime into the wall, making it unable to move.

Immediately, countless metallic glints flashed around the gem starfish, bursting forth in an instant. Silvery-white light pierced through the gem starfish's body. However, what greeted Feng Lingling was not the mournful cry of the scorching sun, but the instinct for survival triggered by the injury suffered by the creature, along with a deafening battle roar.

Flesh and blood proliferated, regenerated, and surged within the gem starfish at a visible speed, rapidly filling its tattered body. Red Sun manipulated the gem starfish, gripping Wind Chime's body and enduring the torment of the deafening noise, as he pushed it against the catapult leading to the ground.

"This isn't a suitable place to fight. Let's find another spot and continue our battle."

Dr. Blatano immediately understood Chi Ri's purpose and commanded the people behind him: "Release all the locks, activate all electromagnetic catapults, and unleash their full power."

The operator slammed a button on the control panel, causing the glass cover next to it to spring up. Without even bothering to identify the serial number of the ejection device, he pushed all the power switches.

Take off! Take off, all of you fly high!

The metal arms beneath the entire row of catapults popped open, and the metal shields, crackling with spiderweb-like blue arcs of electricity, shot straight into the sky, carrying everyone's hopes.

"Please, Akari."

Riki piloted the Gem Star, holding onto Fengling's body tightly in the sky. He released Earth Throw, twisted his body, and slammed Fengling to the ground. Under the immense force, Fengling's body crashed heavily to the ground. Gem Star followed closely behind, kicking down from the sky and using Ultimate Impact to slam into Fengling. The metal ring on Fengling's body cracked slightly.

The group that escaped from the base saw the Gem Star on top of Wind Chime, and Red Sun roared as he tried to control the Gem Star to launch another attack, but the Gem Star remained frozen in place.

"It's the stiffness after the ultimate impact."

Seizing the opportunity, Feng Lingling shook her body and unleashed her powerful sonic attack. The trembling sound waves shot straight into the sky, blasting the gem star away and sending it crashing onto a distant mountaintop. The ruby ​​on the gem star's abdomen lost its luster, and the intense impact and the pain from its internal organs being shattered nearly caused Chi Ri to faint, leaving him unable to get up for a long time.

"Crimson Sun!" Dr. Blatano exclaimed in surprise, seeing the health bars representing Starmie and Crimson Sun on his notebook instantly drop to their lowest point. The damage from the Destruction Wish and the Roar skill was too high for Starmie. "Is this the end?"

The cockpit was pitch black and completely silent. In the suffocating stillness, Chi Ri heard a sound—the painful groans of Mars inside Feng Lingling's body. Chi Ri remembered that day when he watched Jupiter perish before his eyes. Such a tragedy must never happen again.

Chi Ri opened his eyes again, and a jewel-like red light emerged from his gray pupils.

"Spit out the sparks!" Red Sun roared in a deep voice.

On the computer screen, the depleted stamina bar showed an incredible red glow at the bottom, which then flickered again as the red light on the chest of the gem starfish rose up once more.

Suddenly, everyone saw a red sun rise from the smoke and sand on the ground.

"The gem starfish's exhausted stamina has actually recovered?"

The crowd was awestruck by the giant's re-emergence and filled with confusion.

"Going berserk again?"

"What exactly made the gem starfish move?"

It is emotion that, from negative numbers to zero and then to one, from hating the world and hiding from the soul, to learning to accept everything, the soul awakened by the blazing sun, and the burning emotions, after understanding the pain of sorrow and the preciousness of joy, received a response from the god of emotion.

"Em!"

Emredo's phantom appeared behind Crimson Sun, spreading his golden arms in an embrace.

Seeing the Gem Star rise again, its body gleaming with a metallic sheen, Wind Chime used its Iron Head skill to charge at the Gem Star. The Gem Star took a step forward, its feet sinking deep into the ground. Gritting its teeth, it raised its head and slammed it down heavily, its head facing the charging Wind Chime.

"clang."

A deafening roar echoed through the sky, like the tolling of a victory bell. The cracks on Feng Lingling's body spread rapidly and she fell to the ground.

The gem starfish sensed the sun's desire for victory, and that pure emotion was reciprocated. What you hold dear will surely resonate. The gem starfish's remaining strength seemed to be locked away, and it remained motionless, along with the sun's will and the feet on the ground, refusing to yield an inch.

To avoid worrying the scorching sun, the gem starfish withstood the attack.

Gem Starfish crossed his arms and used all his strength. Four indigo orbs of light circled his body, unleashing a surge of primal energy. Feng Lingling frantically released multiple light walls and reflective barriers, but they shattered instantly under the immense energy of the primal energy surge.

Hit by a powerful skill, Wind Chime's body was completely shattered, and she lay helplessly on the ground, barely clinging to life.

The gem starfish moved step by step toward the wind chimes, and a white halo appeared above its head, like an angel. From the halo, a red pearl slowly emerged.

"With a synchronization rate exceeding 200%, Crimson Sun and Gem Starfish have surpassed the limits of their minds, and their consciousnesses have begun to merge."

"Red Sun, stop! If this continues, you'll be assimilated by the gem starfish and lose your human form!" Dr. Blatano shouted loudly into the distance.

However, Chi Ri's steps remained firm, a smile on his face—a smile of exhilaration, relief, joy, and composure: "I don't care about that kind of thing at all. Thousands of heroes are built on the bones of countless fallen soldiers; I'm just a completely withered, worthless person to begin with."

"If sacrificing my decaying life could save Mars, save everything before me, save you all—"

Faintly, the crowd saw the face of the scorching sun emerging from the gem on the starfish's chest.

With a relieved smile, he said, "I am deeply honored to be able to sacrifice for you."

Chi Ri walked up to Feng Lingling, reached out his hand, and climbed the invisible thread of emotion, desperately searching: "Mars, where are you?"

Immediately, a response was heard from nothingness.

"Red Sun, go back. I can only survive in a place like this. There are many souls in the world. You will surely find a suitable replacement."

"No," Chi Ri firmly denied.

"There are many kinds of hearts in this world, some ugly, some kind, but every heart is unique and has its own value. You made me feel the existence of hearts and saved my soul, so I must save you, not for anyone else, but only for myself!"

"This is my ideal!"

As Crimson Sun broke through the barrier of the mind and pulled Mars' soul out of Wind Chime into his arms, the ring above the Gem Star expanded layer by layer. From within the ring, countless black creatures of various shapes surged out, surrounding Crimson Sun, Wind Chime, and Mars.

The characters piled up in the sky and began to move, and four of them began to merge together: man, woman, and Pokémon.

Along with the ever-expanding energy vortex in the sky, everything around it is drawn in, including heaven and earth, converging into it and transforming itself into a condensation of energy.

"We've finally come this far." Cynthia stood in the turban thug's palm, her hands covering her long eyebrows, gazing at a scene in the sky that transcended modern human comprehension.

"The reason why Giovanni's god-making plan failed is that his experiment was only half completed. He merged the powers of all legendary Pokémon together, but forgot the most crucial part: people."

"Arceus created all Pokémon and all humans, or you could say he divided them into humans and Pokémon. Pokémon represent life and power, while humans represent wisdom. Giovanni's actions were simply a forced aggregation of life, creating a rigid operating machine. But you can't blame him. His Creation Scripture was left behind by another Giovanni, so that he could use the entire world as a petri dish to conduct a doomed first experiment."

"The purpose of the Dynamaxed Mega Pokémon attempting to fuse with Arceus's remains was also to continue the flawed ritual that was not yet completed."

"The complete fusion of humans and Pokémon actually made up for the flaws in the experiment. This was also part of Giovanni's plan in this world. In the original script, after experiencing various times and turning points, the protagonist of the story would come into contact with the Arceus remains placed at the bottom at some point in the future. After a fierce battle with the mastermind behind the scenes, he would successfully ascend to godhood. At that time, everything would be completely merged into a place called Chaos. In Chaos, an egg would be born, hatching the original creator, and reshaping the entire world with the protagonist's will."

"It was called the World Instrumentality Project by the big shots behind it."

Cynthia stood up and took out a Master Ball from her pocket.

"However, I don't have much time left. I can't wait any longer. Moreover, this is a world of the mind, which cannot survive without a material foundation. Once the scorching sun awakens, everything will disappear. So, please, for the sake of our world, I must borrow this ritual of becoming a god, which can also be considered as making up for your material deficiencies."

"We also have to thank Wei Xin. If it weren't for him creating this stage, the aftershocks of the Creator's birth would have caused countless innocent sacrifices. At least half of Donghuang would have disappeared. It would be best if we could keep the commotion within Chi Ri's dream. If something goes wrong, we can just deal with Chi Ri in reality."

Although it's a bit unfair to the Japanese, he dreamed the dream, suffered the hardship, and took the risks, like a temporary worker concurrently serving as the company's legal representative, but Cynthia doesn't care now.

She stepped on her shadow, and it began to expand outward, unfurling black wings. From the shadow that stretched for thousands of miles, a gray dragon flapped its black wings and rose from behind Cynthia, raising its head to gaze at the ascension ceremony that had already begun in the sky, and let out a low roar.

"Alright, I know you're in a hurry. Everything is ready now, and all the conditions for you to become a creator are met." Cynthia handed the Master Ball containing Arceus's remains to Giratina. "Go, once Wei Xin arrives, you can complete your final mission."

"Hoo hoo~" Giratina, with a Master Ball in its mouth, bent down, gazing longingly at the person in front of it, stretched its neck, and affectionately nuzzled against Cynthia.

"Alright, alright," Cynthia wrapped her arms around Giratina's neck, closed her eyes, and felt the touch on her body. "I'm also very reluctant to part with you, but this is a necessary sacrifice for the birth of Arceus. If it weren't for this, a certain Doctor wouldn't have tried so hard to stop me. But in the end, I still won by a narrow margin. It's really not easy for the plan to get to this point. So, go, don't let everyone's efforts be in vain."

"And thankfully, Wei Xin found Chi Ri and opened the dungeon for me in advance. With the extra time, I can do a lot of things. I also need to go back to Sinnoh to see my grandma. I haven't seen her in a long time."

"Hmm!" Giratina nodded, and after saying a formal goodbye to Cynthia, it crushed the Master Ball, picked up the broken body of Arceus, flapped its huge wings, and soared into the sky.

Palkia and Dialga emerged from the shadows beneath Cynthia's feet, following closely behind. To the bewildered gazes of the onlookers, who had no idea where these three legendary Pokémon, which were supposed to have vanished in the Second Impact, had come from, they knew that something extraordinary was about to happen.

In the sky, Palkia and Dialga worked together to tear a rift in the vortex formed by the mysterious totems, and Giratina, carrying Arceus's remains, plunged in.

Under the combined force of the material triangle, at the very top of the vortex, and even in reality, on the coffee table in Wei Xin's home, a white egg, surrounded by a golden ring inlaid with green gemstones, slowly floated into the sky. The Pokémon conceived within it was none other than the creator, Arceus.

"What's going on?"

Wei Xin, who had set off from the moon and landed on Earth at the perfect time, was completely bewildered to see an egg appear, as well as Palucci and Dialga in the sky.

"The script hasn't even gotten to this point yet, how did it suddenly become a problem? There are still two more theatrical versions to come, and I'm not late, so how did the Time Gods end up here?"

After a brief moment of thought, Wei Xin looked down at the ground. Where Giratina, Palkia, and Dialga had risen, stood a beautiful black-haired figure in the palm of a giant bandana-wearing thug. Although she resembled Diantha in both appearance and physique.

But Wei Xin was certain that Queen Carlos did not possess such knowledge and ability.

Considering what might happen to Nemo when she goes out to Sinnoh, she concludes with a sigh: "I've told you, be careful of the person next to you in bed."

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